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A letter to the Sci-fi Channel
Dear Sci-fi channel,
I have long loved your station. I frequented your Twilight Zone marathons and I am, as it may surprise you, a star trek fan. Science Fiction is what I do, really. I read it, I watch it, I would write it if I could. The idea of a network dedicated to science fiction and related fantastic stories is essentially a great idea. The genre doesn't get enough attention on other stations and, quite frankly, the market is profitable. The problem is that you, my dear sci-fi channel, have been creating and promoting what I like to call "The Attack of <insert creature>" movies. After running the gamet of traditional animals such as alligators, crocs, sharks, snakes, various felines, and oversized insects, you've have to create new creatures such as the mansquito.
Ok, so for all I know the mansquito is just another oversized bug. I'll give you that it's a catching title, but I couldn't bring myself to actually watch another pulled out of the hat, plot generated movie. In some respects I am jealous of the guy who thought of this movie making process, especially if he is rolling in the movie over this brilliant idea. Then again, flooding the market with lousy movies isn't anything to be jealous of. The purpose of this letter is to implore you to stop creating lousy movies and suggest an alternative. Most of the "original" science fiction movies you've spent movie on, my dear sci-fi network, have not been worth the time, effort, or resources used to create these less than perfect, fatally flawed movies. I suggest saving that money and putting it into a project worth doing something with. At this time you are literally driving peopleĀ away from your station by flooding your channel with movies that are essentially identical to one another.
Please take into consideration that you'd be better off creating something that people want to see. Something entertaining, something that captures an audiences attention through the previews. A station dedicated to one genre should create movies that are dedicated to the art of science fiction cinema, not to filling up time slots until your star series comes on.
Conserned,
Jesse
I have long loved your station. I frequented your Twilight Zone marathons and I am, as it may surprise you, a star trek fan. Science Fiction is what I do, really. I read it, I watch it, I would write it if I could. The idea of a network dedicated to science fiction and related fantastic stories is essentially a great idea. The genre doesn't get enough attention on other stations and, quite frankly, the market is profitable. The problem is that you, my dear sci-fi channel, have been creating and promoting what I like to call "The Attack of <insert creature>" movies. After running the gamet of traditional animals such as alligators, crocs, sharks, snakes, various felines, and oversized insects, you've have to create new creatures such as the mansquito.
Ok, so for all I know the mansquito is just another oversized bug. I'll give you that it's a catching title, but I couldn't bring myself to actually watch another pulled out of the hat, plot generated movie. In some respects I am jealous of the guy who thought of this movie making process, especially if he is rolling in the movie over this brilliant idea. Then again, flooding the market with lousy movies isn't anything to be jealous of. The purpose of this letter is to implore you to stop creating lousy movies and suggest an alternative. Most of the "original" science fiction movies you've spent movie on, my dear sci-fi network, have not been worth the time, effort, or resources used to create these less than perfect, fatally flawed movies. I suggest saving that money and putting it into a project worth doing something with. At this time you are literally driving peopleĀ away from your station by flooding your channel with movies that are essentially identical to one another.
Please take into consideration that you'd be better off creating something that people want to see. Something entertaining, something that captures an audiences attention through the previews. A station dedicated to one genre should create movies that are dedicated to the art of science fiction cinema, not to filling up time slots until your star series comes on.
Conserned,
Jesse
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